Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#85D7EC

  • #85D7EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#85D7EC is a cyan with RGB values 133, 215, 236 and HSL 192°, 73%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#85D7EC#85D7EC
HEX#85D7EC
RGBrgb(133, 215, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.8431, 0.9255
RGB percentages52.2%, 84.3%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(192.2, 73%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.2, 43.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK43.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,771,564
CSS custom property--colour: #85D7EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.93:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#7A2813

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8D2EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C6ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Tritanopia#56DFDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.2Light blue · ΔE 11.2Powder blue · ΔE 12.4Light skyblue · ΔE 13.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.4Light steelblue · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.25, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9A85
Analogous#85ECCE, #85A4EC
Triadic#EC85D7, #D7EC85
Split complementary#EC85A4, #ECCE85
Tetradic#CE85EC, #EC9A85, #A4EC85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDF4FA
Lighter +10%#B1E5F3
Darker −10%#59C9E5
Darker −20%#2DBADE
Darker −30%#1D9BBB
Darker −40%#16768F
More saturated +25%#73E1FE
Less saturated −25%#97CDDA

Channel breakdown

R133
G215
B236
Red133 (52.2%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue192.23°
Saturation (HSL)73.05%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G D7 · B EC

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “85d7ec” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.